A comprehensive review on collagen type I development of biomaterials for tissue engineering: From biosynthesis to bioscaffold

IN Amirrah, Y Lokanathan, I Zulkiflee, MFMR Wee… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
Collagen is the most abundant structural protein found in humans and mammals, particularly
in the extracellular matrix (ECM). Its primary function is to hold the body together. The …

Collagen-and hyaluronic acid-based hydrogels and their biomedical applications

Q Xu, JE Torres, M Hakim, PM Babiak, P Pal… - Materials Science and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Hydrogels have been widely investigated in biomedical fields due to their similar physical
and biochemical properties to the extracellular matrix (ECM). Collagen and hyaluronic acid …

Photopolymerizable biomaterials and light-based 3D printing strategies for biomedical applications

C Yu, J Schimelman, P Wang, KL Miller, X Ma… - Chemical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Since the advent of additive manufacturing, known commonly as 3D printing, this technology
has revolutionized the biofabrication landscape and driven numerous pivotal advancements …

[HTML][HTML] Various manufacturing methods and ideal properties of scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

L Suamte, A Tirkey, J Barman, PJ Babu - Smart Materials in Manufacturing, 2023 - Elsevier
The precision in the design and manufacturing of scaffolds with ideal properties such as
biocompatibility, biodegradability, mechanical and surface characteristics is very crucial for …

Design and applications of man-made biomimetic fibrillar hydrogels

E Prince, E Kumacheva - Nature Reviews Materials, 2019 - nature.com
Many extracellular matrices (ECMs) have a filamentous architecture, which influences cell
growth and phenotype and imparts tissues with specific properties. Man-made fibrillar …

Biophysics in tumor growth and progression: from single mechano-sensitive molecules to mechanomedicine

Y Xin, K Li, M Huang, C Liang, D Siemann, L Wu, Y Tan… - Oncogene, 2023 - nature.com
Evidence from physical sciences in oncology increasingly suggests that the interplay
between the biophysical tumor microenvironment and genetic regulation has significant …

Physical limits of cell migration: control by ECM space and nuclear deformation and tuning by proteolysis and traction force

K Wolf, M Te Lindert, M Krause, S Alexander… - Journal of Cell …, 2013 - rupress.org
Cell migration through 3D tissue depends on a physicochemical balance between cell
deformability and physical tissue constraints. Migration rates are further governed by the …

Review of collagen I hydrogels for bioengineered tissue microenvironments: characterization of mechanics, structure, and transport

EE Antoine, PP Vlachos… - Tissue Engineering Part B …, 2014 - liebertpub.com
Type I collagen hydrogels have been used successfully as three-dimensional substrates for
cell culture and have shown promise as scaffolds for engineered tissues and tumors. A …

Fibrous nonlinear elasticity enables positive mechanical feedback between cells and ECMs

MS Hall, F Alisafaei, E Ban, X Feng… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - National Acad Sciences
In native states, animal cells of many types are supported by a fibrous network that forms the
main structural component of the ECM. Mechanical interactions between cells and the 3D …

[HTML][HTML] A guide to mechanobiology: Where biology and physics meet

KA Jansen, DM Donato, HE Balcioglu, T Schmidt… - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA …, 2015 - Elsevier
Cells actively sense and process mechanical information that is provided by the extracellular
environment to make decisions about growth, motility and differentiation. It is important to …